كَتَبَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ إِلَى أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ ( عليه السلام ) هَلْ تُقْبَلُ شَهَادَةُ الْوَصِيِّ لِلْمَيِّتِ بِدَيْنٍ لَهُ عَلَى رَجُلٍ مَعَ شَاهِدٍ آخَرَ عَدْلٍ فَوَقَّعَ ( عليه السلام ) إِذَا شَهِدَ مَعَهُ آخَرُ عَدْلٌ فَعَلَى الْمُدَّعِي يَمِينٌ وَ كَتَبَ أَ يَجُوزُ لِلْوَصِيِّ أَنْ يَشْهَدَ لِوَارِثِ الْمَيِّتِ صَغِيرٍ أَوْ كَبِيرٍ بِحَقٍّ لَهُ عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ أَوْ عَلَى غَيْرِهِ وَ هُوَ الْقَابِضُ لِلْوَارِثِ الصَّغِيرِ وَ لَيْسَ لِلْكَبِيرِ بِقَابِضٍ فَوَقَّعَ ( عليه السلام ) نَعَمْ يَنْبَغِي لِلْوَصِيِّ أَنْ يَشْهَدَ بِالْحَقِّ وَ لَا يَكْتُمَ الشَّهَادَةَ وَ كَتَبَ أَ وَ تُقْبَلُ شَهَادَةُ الْوَصِيِّ عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ مَعَ شَاهِدٍ آخَرَ عَدْلٍ فَوَقَّعَ ( عليه السلام ) نَعَمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ يَمِينٍ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya who said, ‘Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan wrote to Abu Muhammad<sup>asws</sup>, ‘Would the testimony of the trustee for the deceased be accepted with the debts for him upon a man with another just witness. So he<sup>asws</sup> wrote: ‘When another just witness is with him, so it is upon the claimant to swear an oath’. And he wrote, ‘Is it allowed for the trustee that he should testify for the inheritors of the deceased, young or old, with a right of his upon the deceased, or upon someone else, and he is the holder for the young inheritors, and he is not a holder for the elder ones?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> wrote: ‘Yes. It is befitting for the trustee that he should testify with the truth, and he should not conceal the testimony’. And he wrote, ‘Or is the testimony of the trustee acceptable against the deceased, with another just witness?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> wrote: ‘Yes, from after an oath’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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